Azerbaijan

August 29, 2026 03:26

• Eight Azerbaijani media outlets reported coordinated attacks on their social media accounts.

  A coordinated attack is being carried out against the accounts of eight independent Azerbaijani media outlets on Facebook* and Instagram* with the aim of exerting pressure, as well as mass complaints about copyright violations are being submitted. Journalists have urged Meta* to verify the sources of the complaints and restore the blocked pages.

August 29, 2026 01:28

• The family of journalist Ulviya Ali has reported a threat to her safety in the pre-trial detention center.

  In the cell where journalist Ulviya Ali is located, they placed a woman accused of murdering her husband, who allegedly did not undergo medical and psychological examinations. The journalist and her relatives believe that this is an attempt to pressure her.

August 28, 2026 15:00

• Complaints about copyright led to the blocking of the pages of Abzas Media and Toplum TV on Instagram*

  Instagram* blocked the pages of independent Azerbaijani publications Abzas Media and Toplum TV, operating in exile, after complaints of copyright infringement. Representatives of the editorial offices believe that what is happening is part of a coordinated campaign to limit their audience and link the attacks to pressure from the Azerbaijani authorities on independent media.

August 28, 2026 13:02

• 15 Azerbaijani families returned to the Jebrail district

  Today, 86 members of Azerbaijani families who left the Jebrail district during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Shyukyrbeyli.

August 27, 2026 20:36

• The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called the rally at the embassy in Moscow a provocation.

  Today in Moscow, a group of leftist activists held a rally at the Azerbaijani embassy. Participants displayed three posters criticizing the Azerbaijani authorities and calling attention to the situation of Russian citizens imprisoned in Azerbaijan.

August 27, 2026 07:57

• The Azerbaijani scholar complained about the lack of medical assistance in the colony.

  Researcher Bakhruz Samedov, who is in prison, complained about the cramped conditions of his detention. According to his lawyer, the prescribed treatment was insufficient.

August 25, 2026 14:29

• Osman Narimanoglu has been denied treatment for hepatitis in prison.

  The head of the website Demokratik.az, Osman Narimanoglu, has contracted hepatitis C in a prison in Azerbaijan, and the administration of the correctional facility refuses to treat him, complained the journalist's wife.

August 24, 2026 18:43

• The appellate court upheld the verdict against Rufat Safarov.

  The court in Baku dismissed the complaint of human rights defender Rufat Safarov against the guilty verdict. The defense intends to file a cassation appeal against the verdict of the appellate instance.

August 22, 2026 16:56

• Wheat and propane from Russia have been sent to Armenia through Azerbaijan.

  Nine wagons of wheat and one wagon of propane, arriving from Russia, have been sent to Armenia in transit through the territory of Azerbaijan.

August 22, 2026 09:57

• The tractor driver detonated a mine in the Khojavend district.

  The tractor driver sustained multiple shrapnel wounds when he detonated a mine in the village of Dyudyukchu in the Khojavend district of Azerbaijan.

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